Exploring Materials

This book is an action-oriented, accessible guide to design thinking that addresses both the how and why of product design. It encourages designers to look beyond the abstraction of pure forms or the whimsy of virtual objects, and instead to make and test real objects in a studio environment.--[book cover]

Books about Integrated Science and Technology: Materials and Processes

A guide for students on how to use patents as a source of information using different materials as case studies.

We use many materials for different purposes in our daily life - find out more about what materials are used for and the science behind them. The Sense of Science series explores how we use our five senses understand the world around us.

Books about Exploring Materials

Books about Exploring Materials and Energy

There currently exists an abundance of materials selection advice for designers suited to solving technical product requirements. In contrast, a stark gap can be found in current literature that articulates the very real personal, social, cultural and economic connections between materials and the design of the material world. In Materials

Materials are like words. The more materials you get in touch with, the more solutions you can see and express. In traditional design methodologies for product development materials are often considered at a later stage, resulting in only a few “good” materials being considered defined by the limitations of costs

His Dark Materials is one of the most popular, award-winning fantasies of all time, a bestselling trilogy hailed as "a modern classic" by The New York Times. Now, for the first time ever, Lois H. Gresh helps young readers examine Pullman's intricate universe with Exploring His Dark Materials, the ultimate

Examines the properties of both natural and man-made materials, how they are used, and how they can be changed.